Holder for papers or bags.



PATENTBD FEB. 5, 1907.

G. S. PRIDDY. HOLDER FOR PAPERS OR BAGS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 2. 1906.

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HOLDER FOR PAPERS OR BAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed August 2, 1906. Serial No. 322,858.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE SHOLL PRIDDY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and Improved Holder for Papers or Bags, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device f0 clamping and holding a pluralityof sheets of paper or bags; and the object of my invention is to producea device from which the papers or bags may be readily removed one by onewithout tearing them, and at the same time they are held secure againstaccidental displacement or removal.

A further obj eet of my invention is to produce a device of such simpleconstruction and such small initial cost that it may be sold with thepackage of paper or bags and thrown away when the package is exhaustedand of suflicient stability that it may, if desired, be kept and usedfor filing bills, receipts, or other papers.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the holder in use. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofmy holding and clamping device when open and empty.

According to the form of the invention here shown the clamping andholding device is composed of two main clamping members or wings 2 3,one of which goes each side of the pad or package of paper or bags 1 tobe held by the device. The package 1 is provided with a perforation 8,near the top thereof, and preferably, although not necessarily, with acut or slit connecting said perforation with the top of the package.Extending downward from the back of the clamping member 3 is the holdingmember 4, which is bent forward at a point a short distance below theclamping members 2 3, and its sharp point 5 extends up at anoutwardly-inclined angle. Near the junction of the two clamping membersand the holding member and extending forwardly therefrom is provided asmall hook 6 or other suitable clasp for securing the end of the holdingmember 4 in the manner shown in Fig. 2. Extending upwardly from thepoint of junction of the other members above referred to is a small ringor supporting member 7. I11 the form shown all the parts are formed ofwire, and, furthermore, of a single piece of wire bent to form first theholding member 4 and then the supporting member 7, the two clampingmembers 2 and 8, and the hook or clasp 6 in succession, although it isevident that these parts need not necessarily be made of wire and notnecessarily of a single piece.

In using my improved device the package of paper or other similarmaterial is placed on the ing members together, thus securely holdingthe sheets throughout their entire width. The sheets cannot slip out ofthe clamp even when but a few remain, as they are secured by the holdingmember 4, and they cannot swing and blow around on the holding member,as they are secured by the clamping member.

ith my device sheets may be used which have a cut extending upward fromthe perforation 8 to the top of the sheets, so that when one pulls on asheet it may be removed without tearing the same, while the clampingmembers prevent the slit from opening so as to allow the sheet to fallor be shaken out. My improved holder may be sold with the sheets abovedescribed, and the two constitute a single article of manufacture andsale.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resortedto at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence Iconsider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie withinthe scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A holder for paper, comprising two parallelclamping members and a holding member adapted to pass through the paperand secure the clamping members to said paper,

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all of said members being formed of a single piece of metal.

2. A holder for paper, comprising two'parallel clamping members, and aholding member adapted to pass through the paper and secure the clampingmembers to said paper, each of said members being formed ofwire.

3. A holder for paper, comprising two parallel clamping members formedof a single piece of Wire, and a holding member adapted to pass throughthe paper and secure the clamping members to said paper.

4. A holder for paper, comprising tWo parallel clamping members, aholding member adapted to extend through the paper beloW said clampingmembers and hold said members together, and a handle for supporting saidholder, each of said members being formed of Wire.

5. A holder for paper, comprising two par- 20 allel clamping members,both formed of a single piece of Wire, the end of said Wire being bentto inclose said clamping members and hold them in contact With thepaper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my .2 5 name to this specificationvin the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GERTRUDE SHOLL PRIDDY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BENDFELT, NOEL A. DUNDERDALE.

